Deadline approaches to register a second editor for just $100 for Washington, D.C., conference

Those who register and book their hotel rooms in the next 30 days by Saturday, June 3, will be eligible to bring a second editor for just $100.

Dubbed “Real News, Engaged Citizens,” the conference will focus on the intersection of journalism and citizenship. It will immediately follow the Online News Association conference, scheduled for Oct. 5-7 at the same Marriott. Come early and take advantage of doubly diverse sessions and networking opportunities, all offered in one location.

Attendees interested in building trust through community engagement can sign up to attend a free workshop prior to the APME-ASNE conference kickoff. The workshop will be from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8, and has limited seats.

Attendees will also be able to attend events hosted by the Associated Press Photo Managers, which will be hosting its annual conference in conjunction with APME and ASNE for the fourth year in a row.

• White House media relations: Featuring Major Garrett, CBS News chief White House correspondent; Jeff Ballou, Al Jazeera Media Network news editor and president of the National Press Club; and Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute.

• Fake news and political reporting: Showcasing Liz Spayd, The New York Times public editor; Margaret Sullivan, The Washington Post media columnist; April Ryan (invited), American Urban Radio Network White House correspondent; and DeWayne Wickham, Morgan State University journalism dean. We’ve also invited President Donald Trump, The Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson and Facebook News Partnership and Engagement Chief Campbell Brown.

• Two diversity sessions: One is on recruitment and retention, and the other is a powerful session on lessons we should all learn from coverage of the last presidential campaign. The latter centers on economic diversity and will feature Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz, who calls Cleveland home; Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley; and author and political commentator J.D. Vance, who wrote “Hillbilly Elegy” about the rise of Appalachian values.

• Awards celebration: Winners of the 2017 APME Awards and the 2017 ASNE Awards will be recognized at a reception on the afternoon of Tuesday, Oct. 10.

Registration

To register for the main conference: The registration fee is $275 for members of APME and ASNE and $375 for non-members.

Those who register and book their hotel rooms for at least three nights by Saturday, June 3, will be able to bring a second editor for only $100. Email ASNE Communications Coordinator Jiyoung Won at jwon@asne.org to receive a promo code for this deal.

Special conference registration rates are also available for retired members, spouses, students and APME's Regents. Lunch tickets for Monday, Oct. 9, and Tuesday, Oct. 10, can be purchased during registration.

To sign-up for the Oct. 8 preconference workshop: Email apmeconference@ap.org if you are registering through APME. Email Jiyoung Won at jwon@asne.orgif you’re registering through ASNE. The workshop has limited space and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis to those who are registered to attend the conference.

To book your hotel room: A terrific group rate is available at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park for $249/night Friday, Oct. 6, through Wednesday, Oct. 11. Reservations must be made by 6 p.m. EDT Friday, Sept. 15. Make a reservation online here.

Here's the agenda and what you can learn from each trainer:
• Maximizing social media to get your story read, (Bui)
• Using social media as powerful reporting tools, (Bui)
• Making smart choices in mobile storytelling, (Davis)
• Producing data-driven enterprise stories off your beat, (Doig) and
• Using state and federal open-records laws effectively (Galloway).
The program also includes a keynote lunchtime talk by former Seattle Times Executive Editor Mike Fancher on how to bolster your newsroom's credibility.

For just $75, register to get this full Saturday of highly rated training in digital skills, including light breakfast and lunch, plus free parking. The first 20 to register will receive a free AP Stylebook – a $22.95 value.

Competitive diversity scholarships are open to journalists, journalism students and journalism educators from diverse backgrounds. Apply by Oct. 4.

EDITORS IN THE NEWS

Veteran editor Amanda Barrett appointed head of AP's Nerve Center

Associated Press editor Amanda Barrett, a newsroom manager with years of experience leading innovative journalism, has been promoted to the role of Nerve Center director. In this role, she will lead the New York hub of AP's global newsroom, which serves as a center for news coordination, client engagement and audience development.

The appointment was announced by Sally Buzbee, AP's executive editor. She will report to Managing Editor Brian Carovillano.

Barrett, 49, previously served as news manager of the Nerve Center for planning and administration, focused primarily on curating the AP's global enterprise report.

Jen Guadarrama named news director of Standard-Times

A new leader has been chosen for the San Angelo (Texas) Standard-Times newsroom.

Gannett has chosen Jen Guadarrama to hold the title of news director for the newspaper (http://bit.ly/2pDIItf). The 37-year-old journalist succeeds Michael Kelley, who retired as editor of the Standard-Times in May.

Guadarrama has been senior editor for breaking and daily news for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, another Gannett newspaper, since 2013.

Raymond Partsch settles in as managing editor in Louisiana

Raymond Partsch III has become managing editor of The Daily Iberian in New Iberia, Louisiana.

“My main goal is to improve an already extremely high quality product. I mean, this paper has a tremendous history of top-notch journalism,” Partsch said. He is a native of Mobile, Alabama.

The paper is owned by Wick Communications, a chain of family-owned community media company with newspapers, websites, magazines and specialty publications in 11 states.

Andy Adams stepping down as Lufkin (Texas) News’ editor

After about 25 years with The Lufkin News, Andy Adams is stepping down as editor to join the Lufkin Independent School District.

Adams joined The Lufkin News around 1987 as a sports stringer, taking calls, designing pages, and eventually covering and photographing Lufkin Panther games

IN MEMORIAM

Sally Jacobsen, AP's first female international editor, dies

Sally Jacobsen, a widely experienced Associated Press correspondent who became the first woman to serve as the news service's international editor, overseeing with a cool, steady hand coverage of wars, terrorism and a daily stream of history-making events, has died at the age of 70.

Jacobsen, who retired in 2015 to Croton-on-Hudson, New York, died at nearby Phelps Hospital from a recurrence of cancer that first struck her six years ago, said her husband, Patrick Oster, a retired Bloomberg News managing editor.

Her 39-year career took her from the precincts of financial power as a Washington economics correspondent, to the earthquake-ravaged barrios of Mexico City, to the councils of NATO in Brussels and then to the pressure-packed job at New York headquarters of leading AP's scores of international correspondents through the years of 9/11 and the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.

In her final jobs, she supervised the AP Stylebook, shepherding through changes in newswriting conventions followed by media organizations everywhere, and was executive director of the industry group Associated Press Media Editors.

Robert H. Phelps, editor at New York Times and Boston Globe, dies at 97

Robert H. Phelps had a distinguished career at The Boston Globe, shaping the modern paper, overseeing the coverage in major series that won Pulitzer Prizes, and serving as the newspaper’s executive editor for 11 years.

But he may be remembered as much for one story that he missed. In 1972, as news editor in the Washington bureau of The New York Times, he inadvertently let the Watergate scandal slip through his fingers, allowing it to become The Washington Post’s enviable scoop.

Mr. Phelps died at 97 on in Lincoln, Massachusetts. Thomas Mulvoy Jr., his friend and former Globe colleague, said the cause was complications of colorectal cancer.

Richard Anthony, former Daily Star publisher, has died

Richard J. “Dick” Anthony, a former longtime publisher at The Daily Star in Oneonta, New York, has died at age 81.
Anthony retired in 1998 after 14 years leading Oneonta's daily newspaper. He was associated with Ottaway newspapers, the former parent company of The Daily Star, for 37 years.

Anthony, of Guilderland, died at Albany Medical Center from various medical conditions, according to his daughter, Carolyn Adam, of Cooperstown.